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He and the German were at the cannon on one side, and Jack and Mark on the other. "Fire!" shouted Mr. Roumann, pulling the lever that worked the weapon. The others did likewise. There was a flash of sparks from the muzzles of the guns, and a powerful and disabling, though not deadly, current of electricity shot toward the Martians.
We are in great danger!" The two boys looked at the German scientist. He was gazing, as if fascinated, at the swiftly moving needle of the gage that had told of the nearness of the comet. "How far from it are we?" asked Jack. "Many thousands of miles," replied Mr. Roumann. "But that distance is nothing compared to the rate at which we are traveling.
"We are now far above the earth," was the answer, "and the planet on which we lived offers no obstruction to my telescope being pointed at Mars, even though it is daytime, when Mars is on the opposite side of the earth." "Have we traveled as far as that?" asked Jack in awestruck tones. "We have come just thirty thousand miles since leaving the earth," replied Mr. Roumann.
I jest know mah Shanghai rooster needs some corn, an' as for dat crazy man, maybe he's broken loose." "That's so," agreed Mr. Roumann. "If we don't get back, we can't give him anything to eat." "Let's try to make them understand," suggested the professor, and, accordingly, with chalk, they pictured that they had left behind them, in the projectile, an enemy of theirs, who was bound and helpless.
"He must be leading them against us out of revenge," was Mr. Henderson's opinion. "He may have induced them to try to kill us, and they may be very willing to do so, because we have taken some of the Cardite." "I hope not," murmured Mr. Roumann. The throng approached nearer. In front was the insane machinist, who was leaping about, running to and fro, and shouting at the top of his voice.
"Look out that he doesn't fly away when he gets on Mars," cautioned Jack. "Things there are twice as light as they are on the earth, and he'll only weigh a pound or so, instead of two or three." Washington grunted, but said nothing. He served a meal, probably the last one that would be eaten before their arrival. "We have been just twelve days, so far, on our journey," declared Mr. Roumann.
One sent the craft forward, one reversed it, and the other stopped it. "We're almost there," said Mr. Roumann, after about an hour's sail. "There are no guards this way, just as I hoped. We shall soon be enormously wealthy." Nearer and nearer came the boat to the hills. When they were within a half mile of them Jack, who was in the bow, uttered a cry. "A whirlpool! A whirlpool!" he shouted.
Roumann. "As a matter of fact, the atmosphere we are now in would not support life for you and me a single instant. But it is atmosphere, nevertheless, or my instruments would indicate something different, and my atmospheric motor would not work. No, I expect to be traveling through the atmosphere for several days yet.
"Mars!" cried Mr. Roumann. "There is the planet we aimed for! Mars at last!" He reversed the motor. The motion of the projectile became less. Nearer and nearer it approached the wonderful planet on which all their thoughts were centered. "But it isn't red!" objected Jack. "Wait until night," said the German. "We are approaching it from the daylight side."
They will want to know about the planet we came from, as well as we want to know about them. I think they will treat us with respect." "They certainly have, so far," remarked Mr. Henderson. "I only hope none of them meddle with our projectile." "I'm a little apprehensive about that myself," added Mr. Roumann. "And I trust that crazy man does not get loose.
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